Black (Jefferson) Stays Perfect Holding First by a Half-Game Over Sky Blue (Holy Family) Heading Into the Holiday Week Pause in the Philly/Suburban Women’s Summer League

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By Bob Heller and Mel Greenberg @womhoopsguru

 

Hatboro, Pa. – Coming out of the backstretch as the nine-team Philadelphia/Suburban Women’s Summer Basketball League now goes dark for the July 4^th week returning for the three-game stretch drive on Tuesday, July 11, basically there’s a front-four and then a scramble right behind to avoid being relegated to a play-in round when the playoffs begin late month.

 

In Thursday night’s action at Kelly Bolish Gym, home of the AAU Renegades, where 55 was a winner for unbeaten Team Black (D2-Jefferson), but it wasn’t enough for teams Sun (Draft Team-3) or Royal Blue (D3-Cabrini), Black (5-0) held its half-game lead in first over Sky Blue (D2-Holy Family) by downing Kelly Green (Draft Team-1), 55-43.

 

The loss kept Kelly (2-3) in a fifth-place tie with Pink (Draft Team-2), whose 67-51 loss to Sky Blue enabled the winners to stay in second right on the heels of their winter rivals in the Southern Division of the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference.

 

However, in one of the closer outcomes of the season, Black holds a head-to-head tie-break win for the top seed.

 

The three teams in these posts having draft designations are those whose rosters are not dominated by rosters with nearly full compliments, allowed by the NCA for D2 and D3 schools, of the winter squads.

 

If the playoffs were being set right now, a coin flip would still be needed to determine the fifth seed.

 

However, when action resumes on July 11^th, the two squads will meet in one of the early games in the two doubleheaders, playing at 6:30 p.m. on Court 1.

 

With a head-to-head win and the remaining three teams further behind, the outcome will put that team in good shape to be one of the six squads with byes into the quarter finals.

 

Meanwhile, Purple (D2-West Chester) had an easy 84-55 win over Cabrini to move into a third-place tie with idle Red (D2-Chestnut Hill), both 4-1, which was serving its bye.

 

If the playoffs were about to begin, by virtue of an existing head-to head triumph, Purple would be third seed and Red fourth.

 

Despite the standings at this point, the top is wide open because in two of its three remaining games, Black will meet Purple at 7:45 p.m. on Court 1 and still must play Red.

 

In the the fourth game Thursday night, two remaining teams who were winless with Sun (Draft Team-3) at 0-4 and Maroon (D3-Arcadia) at 0-5, Maroon won at 58-55 in a close game to move into a 7^th place tie with Royal Blue, which off its win over Red, holds the seventh seed slot.

 

Sky Blue and Red also still have to meet.

 

In terms of Thursday’s individual performances, Anna McTamney of the Purple/West Chester squad had the night’s overall best scoring 22 for the winners, while Ava Morrow helped Sky Blue/Holy Family’s win with 20.

 

Besides the two games already mentioned when action resumes July 11^th, Sun (0-5) and Red (4-1) meet at 6:30 p.m. on Court 2 while Sky Blue and Royal Blue meet at 7:45 p.m. on Court 2.

 

Red by virtue of its bye Thursday got a three-night break, the same goes for Maroon on the back end, serving its bye on July 11^th.

Now here’s Bob with recaps.

 

Recaps

 

Maroon 58 Sun 55

 

A back and forth game that saw four lead changes in the final 3:20 and 11 for the entire game saw team Maroon (D3 Arcadia) win for the first time in a battle between the two winless teams as they defeated Team Sun 58-55.

The win was the first ever for the Arcadia squad having gone winless in previous seasons. 

 Maroon improves to 1-5 and moves into a tie for seventh place with Royal Blue (1-5).  Sun falls to 0-5.

Delaney Bell led the Maroon team with 11 points while Tyra Roberts (Alvernia ’18) added ten.  Scarlett Glasser-Nehls and Jackie Skalski had nine points apiece.  

Rachel Saxton (Muhlenberg ’25) led Sun with 18 points.  Taylor Gurysh (Kutztown ’27) added 14 points while Mia Stock (Bloomsburg ’27) added ten. 

Sun suited up just five players for the game.

Maroon opened a five point lead after the first quarter and doubled it to ten early in the second quarter, the only double digit lead by either team.  

Sun then exploded with a 15-2 run with Saxton contributing nine of them as they took a 25-22 lead at the half.

Gurysh opened the third quarter with a basket to put Sun ahead by five. 

 Maroon then scored the next seven points to regain the lead 29-27.

 A three-pointer by Saxton on Sun’s next possession flipped the lead back in Sun’s favor, 30-29.  The lead switched on each of the next three baskets before Glasser-Nehls’ three-pointer put Maroon ahead 34-33, a lead they maintained for the rest of the quarter.

Maroon increased their lead to as much as seven early in the fourth quarter before Sun again rallied, producing a 10-2 run to retake the lead 53-52 with 3:20 left.  

Bell and Saxton exchanged baskets before Roberts gave Maroon a 56-55 lead and later added another basket as Marron hung on for the three-point win.

 

Black 55 Kelly Green 43

Team Black (D2 Jefferson) remained unbeaten, using a strong third quarter to take control of Team Kelly Green and cruise to a 55-43 win.

Black remains in first place with a 5-0 record.  Kelly Green falls to 2-3 and remains in a tie for fifth place.

Sam Yencha and Emily Spratt led black with 11 points apiece while Emma Kuczynski chipped in ten.

  Reagan Chrencik (Gettysburg ’27) was the lone player in double figures for Kelly with 15 points.

Neither team had much offense in the opening quarter as Kelly held a slim 8-6 lead. 

  Black opened the second quarter with an 11-2 run, reclaiming the lead and taking a 17-10 advantage. 

Chrencik had two three-point baskets in a 6-2 run that followed that brought Kelly within three 19-16 with both teams exchanging baskets before Kuczynski and Hailey Meinel scored back-to-back baskets as the quarter was ending to give black a 25-18 lead at the half.

Black took firm control of the contest with a 12-3 spurt to open the third quarter, opening up a 16-point advantage 37-21. 

 Four straight points from Allie Trebelev (Franklin & Marshall ’25) cut the gap to 12 in the final two minutes of the quarter before Black expanded the lead back to 14, 43-29 heading into the final period.

Morgan Robinson’s basket early in the fourth quarter stretched Black’s lead to its biggest margin 47-30. 

 Kelly came back with three straight baskets to pull within 11 at 47-36 but would get no closer the rest of the game as Black maintained the double digit advantage the rest of the way.

 

Sky blue 67 Pink 51

Team Sky Blue (D2-Holy Family) kept pace with league leading Black with a 67-51 win over Team Pink (alumni players) in the late game on court 1.

Sky joins Black as five-win teams, improving to 5-1 on the season and remaining a ½ game behind their regular season rival Black (Jefferson).

  Pink drops to a fifth place tie with Kelly Green at 2-3.

Ava Morrow led all scorers, pacing the Sky team with 20 points.  Lindsay Tretter added 15 points while post player Carolyn Prevost added 11.

  Prevost’s counterpart on Pink, Taylor Hamm (USciences ’22) led her team with 16 points while Lauren Crim (Chestnut Hill ’23) chipped in 11.

A back and forth first quarter saw Pink take an early lead 13-11 off Jen Kremp’s (USciences ’22) three-point basket before Sky regained control with a 6-0 run to close out the quarter, capped by a Morrow bucket to make the score 17-13.

Cassie Sebold (Chestnut Hill ’22) and Hamm scored to open the second quarter to briefly tie the game at 17-17 before Sky took off on a 10-3 run to pull ahead by seven, 27-20 with morrow again closing out the run, this time with a traditional three-point play.

  Pink came back and scored the final four points of the quarter to cut Sky’s lead to three 33-30 at halftime.

Pink closed within two, 41-39 midway through the third quarter. 

 Sky countered with eight straight points, four from Taylor Hinkle to produce the first double-digit lead of the game at 49-39.

  Crim’s third three-ball of the game cut the lead to seven 49-42 with both teams adding a basket before the quarter ended with Sky leading 51-44.

Sky Blue held Pink to just two field goals in the fourth quarter as they opened up a double digit lead. Tretter opened the final period with a three-point basket, triggering an 11-1 spurt to give Sky a 62-45 lead. 

 Hamm finally got Pink’s first field goal of the quarter but there was just 2:18 left in the period and the alumni group would get no closer as Sky maintained the solid advantage the rest of the way.

 

Purple 84 Royal Blue 55

Team Purple (D2-West Chester) rebounded after a loss two nights earlier and easily defeated Team Royal Blue (D3-Cabrini), 84-55.

Purple improved to 4-1 on the season and moved into a tie for third place with Red who was off with the bye for the night.  

Purple handed Red their only loss earlier in the season.  Royal falls to 1-5 and into a tie for seventh place.

Four players reached double figures for Purple, who is averaging a league best 77.2 points per game.  Anna McTamney had the high game of the night with 22 points.  Leah Johnson and Rachel Conran had 16 points apiece while Sofia Coleman chipped in 12. 

  Miranda Liebtag led Royal with 15 points while Emma Pyne sank four three-point baskets en route to 14 points.

Purple led wire-to-wire but Royal hung close for much of the first two quarters.

  An early 11-3 Purple lead was cut to one with seven straight points from Royal capped off by a Tamia Wessels three-ball. 

Purple scored six of the final ten points of the period to lead 17-14.

  

Conran opened the second quarter with a three-point basket as Purple started to expand their lead, pulling ahead by as many as seven, 30-23 with Royal still hanging close as the quarter wore on.  

Wessels cut the gap to two with a basket in the final minute, 32-30, but McTamney also scored to give Purple a 34-30 lead at halftime.

The third quarter opened with an 11-0 uprising from Purple as they took a double digit lead 45-30.  Five different players scored during the run, showing the versatility of the Purple offense. 

 The lead expanded to as many as 18, 58-40 as the quarter wore on.  

Purple continued to push the pace of play in the fourth quarter, doubling up Royal, 26-13 in the period to complete the 29-point win.  

Standings (Thru Monday, July 10)

 

Team W L Pct. GB PF PA

 

Black 5 0 1.000 — 275 224

Sky Blue 5 1 .833 0.5 375 324

Purple 4 1 .800 1 386 284         

Red 4 1 .800 1 316 262

Kelly Green 2 3 .400 3 256 267

Pink 2 3 .400 3 259 311

Royal Blue 1 5 .167 4.5 312 365

Maroon 1 5 .67 4.5 318 355

Sun 0 5 .000 5 191 235

 

Players Scoring 20 or More Points

29-Cassie Murphy, Black, W, vs. Royal Blue, June 15

23-Michelle Kozicki, Purple, W, vs. Maroon, June 15

22-Anna McTamney, Purple, W, vs. Royal Blue, June 29

20-Ava Morrow, Sky Blue, W, vs. Pink, June 29

20-Sam Yencha, Black, W, vs. Maroon, June 27

20-Bridie McCann, Red, W, vs. Royal Blue, June 27

20-Taylor Hamm, Pink, W, vs. Sun, June 27

20-Valerie McGriff, Purple, W, vs. Maroon, June 15

22-Haley Meinel, Black, (W-OT) vs. Sky Blue, June 13

20-Cassie Murphy, Black (W-OT), vs. Sky Blue, June 13

20-Ava Morrow, Sky Blue (L-OT), vs. Black, June 13

 

Running Results/Advance Schedule

 

Thursday, June 29

 

Purple (West Chester) 84, Royal Blue (Cabrini) 55

Maroon (Arcadia) 58, Sun (Draft Team-3) 55

Black (Jefferson) 55, Kelly Green (Draft Team-1) 43

Sky Blue (Holy Family) 67, Pink (Draft Team-2) 51   

Bye: Red (4-1)

 

Tuesday, June 27

 

Sky Blue (Holy Family) 70, Purple (West Chester) 63

Black (Jefferson) 83, Maroon (Arcadia) 52

Pink (Draft Team-2) 59, Sun (Draft Team-3) 52

Red (Chestnut Hill) 61, Royal Blue (Cabrini) 47 

Bye: Kelly Green (2-2) 

 

Thursday, June 22

 

Black (Jefferson) 2, Sun (Draft Team-3) 0, forfeit 

Red (Chestnut Hill) 67, Pink (Draft Team-2) 51

Royal Blue (Cabrini) 61, Maroon (Arcadia) 48

Sky Blue (Holy Family) 50, Kelly Green (Draft Team-1) 41

 

Bye: Purple (3-0) 

 

Tuesday, June 20

 

Purple (West Chester) 62, Red (Chestnut Hill) 52

Pink (Draft Team – 2) 49, Royal Blue (Cabrini) 42

Kelly Green (Draft Team -1) 59, Sun (Draft Team – 3) 40

Sky Blue (Holy Family) 63, Maroon (Arcadia) 54

Bye: Black (Jefferson) 

 

Thursday, June 15

 

Black (Jefferson) 64, Royal Blue (Cabrini) 61

Red (Chestnut Hill) 76, Kelly Green (Draft Team-1) 54

Sky Blue (Holy Family) 57, Sun (Draft Team-3) 44

Purple (West Chester) 94, Maroon (Arcadia) 58

Bye: Pink

 

Tuesday, June 13

 

Black (Jefferson) 71, Sky Blue 68 (Holy Family), ovt.

Kelly Green (Draft-1) 59, Royal Blue (Cabrini) 46

Purple (West Chester) 83, Pink (Draft-2) 49

Red (Chestnut Hill) 60, Maroon (Arcadia) 48

 Bye – Sun (Draft-3)

 

Tuesday, July 4

 

Dark (Holiday Week)

 

Thursday, July 6

 

Dark (Holiday Week)

 

Tuesday, July 11

 

Early Games (6:30 p.m.)

 

Court 1: Pink (2-3) vs. Kelly Green (2-3)

Court 2: Sun (0-5) vs. Red (5-1)

 

Late Games (7:45 p.m.)

 

Court 1: Purple (4-1) vs. Black (5-0) 

Court 2: Sky Blue (5-1) vs. Royal Blue (1-5)

 

Bye: Maroon (1-5)

 

Thursday, July 13

 

Early Games (6:30 p.m.)

 

Court 1: Sky Blue vs. Red

Court 2: Black vs. Pink

 

Late Games (7:45 p.m.)

 

Court 1: Sun vs. Purple

Court 2: Kelly Green vs. Maroon

 

Bye: Royal Blue

 

Tuesday, July 18 (Regular Season Ends)

 

Early Games (6:30 p.m.)

 

Court 1: Sun vs. Royal Blue

Court 2: Kelly Green vs Purple

 

Late Games (7:45 p.m.)

 

Court 1: Black vs. Red

Court 2: Maroon vs. Pink

 

Bye: Sky Blue

 

Playoffs

 

Thursday, July 20

 

Play-In Round

 

7 pm.

 

Court 1: 8^th seed vs. 9^th seed (Winner advances)

 

Tuesday, July 25^th

 

Quarterfinals

 

Early Games (6:30 p.m.)

 

Court 1: 1-seed vs 8-9 winner

Court 2: 3-seed vs. 6-seed

 

Late Games (7:45 p.m.)

 

Court 1: 2-seed vs. 7-seed

Court 2: 4-seed vs. 5-seed

 

Thursday, July 27

 

Semifinals

 

Early Game (6:30 p.m.)

 

Court 1: Highest Advancing Seed vs. Lowest Advancing Seed

 

Late Game (7:45 p.m.)

 

Court 2: Other Advancing Seeds Meet

 

Tuesday, August 1

 

Championship (7 p.m.)

 

Court 1: Semifinal Winners Meet

 

Season Seed Tracker 

 

Codes: BK – Black; KG – Kelly Green; MR-Maroon; PK- Pink; PU-Purple; RD-Red; RB-Royal Blue; SB-Sky Blue; SU-Sun; FW – Forfeit Win; FL-Forfeit Loss

 

Black (D2-Jefferson) 5-0: W-SB (OT); W-RB; Bye; FW- SU; vs. W-MR; vs. W-KG; vs. PU; vs. PK; vs. RD

Sky Blue (D2-Holy Family) 5-1: L-BK (OT); W-SU; W-MR; W-KG; vs. W-PU; vs. W-PK; vs. RB; vs. RD; Bye

 

Purple (D2-West Chester) 4-1: W-PK; W-MR; W-RD; Bye; vs. L-SB; vs. W-RB; vs. BK; vs. SU; vs. KG

Red (D2-Chestnut Hill) 4-1: W-MR; W-KG; L-PU; W-PK; vs. W-RB; Bye; vs. SU; vs. SB; vs. BK

 

Kelly Green (Draft-1) 2-3: W-RB; L-RD; W-SU; L-SB; Bye; vs. L-BK; vs. PK; vs. MR; vs. PU

Pink (Draft-2) 2-3: L-PU: Bye, W-RB; L-RD; vs. W-SU; L-SB; vs. KG; vs. BK; vs. MR

 

Royal Blue (D3-Cabrini) 1-5: L-KG; L-BK; L-PK; W-MR; vs. L-RD; vs. L-PU; vs. SB; Bye; vs. SU

Maroon (D3-Arcadia) 1-5: L-RD; L-PU; L-SB; L-RB; vs. L-BK; vs. W-SU; Bye; vs. KG; vs. PK

 

Sun (Draft-3) 0-5: Bye; L-SB; L-KG; FL-BK; vs. L-PK; vs. L-MR; vs. RD; vs. PU; vs. RB

 

 

Sky Blue (Holy Family) Win Over Purple (West Chester) Allows Black (Jefferson) Win As Last Unbeaten to Sole Possession of First in Philly Women’s Summer League

By Bob Heller and Mel Greenberg @womhoopsguru

 

HATBORO, Pa. — In the adapted parlance of David Kessler, longtime commissioner of the Philadelphia/Suburban Women’s Summer Basketball League, “Neither booming thunder, flashing lightning, nor a heavy downpour shall stop our post players from seeing through their tasks on game nights.

 

“That also goes for the guards.”

 

Thus, with the arrival of another round of all three weather elements in the area Tuesday night near the 6:30 p.m. tip times of the twice weekly doubleheaders in the nine-team league at Kelly Bolish Gym, home of the AAU Renegades, the show still went on without any forfeits, though some tinkering was needed to have the games properly officiated and Team Red (D2-Chestnut Hill) did the iron women routine, barely avoiding an assessed forfeit by fielding just the minimum five-players the entire 40 minutes of their contest.

 

The start of week three was hump night for most teams on the eight-game schedules as many reached over the halfway point at game five, the rest at four due to being the early groups each serving a bye.

 

As for the business at hand, a big 70-63 win by Sky Blue (D2-Holy Family) over previously unbeaten Purple (D2-West Chester) combined with Team Black (D2-Jefferson) gaining a lopsided 83-51 over Maroon (D3-Arcadia) shot the Jefferson bunch (4-0) as the last team of perfection atop the standings.

 

Red (4-1), meanwhile, shook off its shorthanded situation to top Royal Blue (D3-Cabrini) 61-47 to stay tied with Sky Blue in second a half-game behind Team Black.

 

It’s already a tough week for Royal Blue (1-4), having learned this winter, assuming enough players left who didn’t immediately hit the transfer portal to form a team, will be the last for Cabrini which will become part of Villanova.

 

It’s the same fate that occurred recently when USciences merged with Saint Joseph’s.

 

If the playoffs began right now, Sky Blue would be the two seed on a basis of better win by topping Purple, though the Red and Sky Blue squads will meet next month after next week’s July 4 two-night holiday break.

 

Red gets a jump start on the holiday break serving its bye on Thursday night.

 

Purple’s loss dropped the squad to fourth a game behind Jefferson.

 

Kelly Green (2-2), one of the three draft teams, groups not overwhelmingly dominated by D2 or D3 units allowed by the NCAA to play together in the summer, served its bye, and that allowed in a game between Pink and Sun, the other two draft teams, Pink off a 59-52 victory to tie Kelly Green for fifth, while Sun (0-4) fell to eighth behind Royal Blue.

 

Maroon holds ninth, however, the last two teams without wins meet Thursday night at 6:30 p.m. on Court 2.

 

There’s no big showdown battles in the other three games, Black (4-0) will try to stay perfect meeting Kelly Green at 7:45 p.m. on Court 2, while Sky Blue, which lost to Black opening night, will try to stay close, meeting Pink (2-2) at 7:45 p.m. on Court 1.

 

The other game at 6:30 p.m. has Purple seeking to stay in the mix playing Royal Blue on Court 1.

 

Three players all hit exactly 20 points, each on winning sides, for the nightly citation, Sam Yancha helping Black’s cause, while Taylor Hamm, a USP alum did so for Pink, and Bridie McCann did likewise for Red.

 

Now here’s Bob with the recaps followed by the scoreboard.

 

Recaps

 

Sky Blue 70 Purple 63

 

Team Sky Blue (D2- Holy Family) held off a late rally from Team Purple (D2-West Chester), knocking them out of the unbeaten ranks with a 70-63 win in one of the two early games Tuesday night.

 

Sky Blue keeps pace with Black and Red (both winners tonight) and remains ½ game behind Black with a 4-1 record and tied with Red.  Purple drops to 3-1 and sits a ½ game behind Sky Blue and Red.

 

Three players reached double figures for the victors with Carolyn Prevost and Jessica Riepe leading the way with 12 points apiece, while Kara Meredith added ten points.  

 

Leah Johnson and Anna McTamney led Purple with 12 and 11 points respectively.

 

Purple cut a seven-point Sky Blue lead to two early in the fourth quarter before Meredith took over, scoring five straight points to give her team a 62-55 lead with 5:16 left. 

 

Three minutes later Alexa Abbonizio’s three-ball pulled purple back within four, 64-60. 

 

Time, however, was not on their side and Purple had to foul, putting Sky Blue on the foul line four times in the final 1:13.  

 

Sky made six of their eight free throws and Purple was only able to score one final field goal in the period as Sky held on for the win.

 

Four lead changes in the opening quarter saw Sky emerge with a narrow 14-13 lead. 

 

Lindsey Tretter knocked down a three-point basket midway through the second quarter to give Sky their biggest lead of the game at 29-21.

 

  McTamney scored six points in a 7-2 Purple run that pulled her team within three 31-28 late in the quarter before five straight points from Sky pushed their lead back to eight.

 

 Abbonizio’s basket in the final seconds pulled Purple within six at halftime. 

 

Purple shaved just one point of the lead in the third quarter before their opening flourish in the fourth quarter that pulled them within one possession but no closer.

 

Red 61 Royal Blue 47

 

A dominant third quarter propelled a shorthanded Team Red (D2-Chestnut Hill) to a 61-47 win over Team Royal Blue (D3-Cabrini) in the late game Tuesday night.

 

Red keeps pace with the leaders and improves to 4-1, remaining ½ game behind undefeated Black and tied with Sky blue.  Royal Blue falls to 1-4.

 

Bridie McCann led the five Red players that were suited for the game with 20 points, connecting on four three point baskets, all in the final 10+ minutes of action.

 

  Kait Carter sank three three-point baskets to finish with 16 points.  Avery White rounded out the double figure scorers with 12 points.

 

Miranda Liebtag led Royal Blue with 19 points while Tamia Wessels contributed ten.  

 

Royal held a five-point lead early in the third quarter before the Red offense went to work, producing a 16-2 run to take a 45-36 lead heading into the fourth quarter.  

 

Nine straight points from Red, including four from Angelina Balcer, who was making her summer league debut, erase the five-point deficit and gave Red a lead they would never relinquish.

 

  Carter sank her second three-point basket late in the third quarter and McCann buried her first triple as the buzzer sounded.

 

McCann extended the run to 19-2 with another three-point basket to open the fourth quarter.

 

  Wessels broke the run with two free throws at the 7:01 mark before Red added an 8-2 flourish, fueled by two more McCann three-pointers to take a 56-41 lead midway through the quarter.

 

 Two straight baskets from Royal cut the lead to 11 as the game wound down.

 

  A basket from Sara Tamoun and Carter’s final three-ball and Red’s ninth overall in the game rounded out the scoring for the victors.

 

  Liebtag added two free throws with 17 seconds left to make the final score 61-47.

 

Pink 59   Sun 52

 

Team Pink (alumni players) opened up a double digit lead early and hung on to defeat a tenacious Team Sun 59-52 on court 1 in the late game Tuesday. 

 

Pink evens their record at 2-2.  Sun remains winless at 0-4.

 

Taylor Hamm (USciences ’22) made her summer league debut and led Pink with 20 points

 

   Jen Kremp (USciences ’22) added 14 points while Lauren Crim (Chestnut Hill ’23) chipped in 11.

 

  Rachel Saxton (Muhlenberg ’25) led Sun with 18 points while Mia Stock (Bloomsburg ’27) added 15.  Allie Sillo (Illinois Tech ’25) chipped in 11.

 

Pink used a 10-0 run crossing two quarters to jump out to an 18-5 lead early in the second quarter.

 

  Crim’s three point basket helped jump start the run and Erin Morgan (LaSalle ’22) capped the run.  

 

Pink continued to expand their lead as the quarter wore on, doubling up Sun 32-16 at halftime.

  

Sun dominated the third quarter, outscoring Pink 18-8 to claw their way back in the game and trail 40-34 heading into the final quarter. 

 

Kremp and Crim opened the fourth quarter with back-to-back three-balls to push their lead to 12, 46-34.

 

  Kremp sank another three point basket midway through the quarter to give her team a 54-38 lead.

 

  Sun slowly began to cut into the deficit as the game wound down.

 

  Sillo’s three-point basket cut the lead to single digits and Saxton followed with a basket to make the score 55-48, before both teams exchanged points over the final 90 seconds as Pink maintained the seven-point advantage for the win.

 

Black 83   Maroon 51

Team Black (D2 Jefferson) became the only unbeaten team remaining as they cruised to an 83-51 win over Team Maroon (D3-Arcadia).

 

Black improves to 4-0 and holds a ½ game lead over Sky Blue and Red.  Maroon falls to 0-5.

 

Black placed four players in double figures led by Sam Yencha’s 20 points.

 

  Yencha was playing in her first official game of the summer league season.  (She was also present last week when Black won by forfeit on Thursday.)  

 

Cassie Murphy added 16 while Haley Meinel drained three three-point baskets en route to 12 points.  

 

Emily Keehfuss rounded out the double figure scorers with ten points.

Delaney Bell and Dayna Balasa led Marron with 12 and 11 points respectively.

 

Black went wire-to-wire, scoring the first six points as they jumped out to an 18-11 lead in the opening quarter.  

 

In the second quarter a three-ball from Balasa cut the lead to four 20-16 before a 9-2 run by Black, capped by a Yencha basket again increased the lead to double digits.

 

Black started the third quarter with a 13-4 flourish to open up a 53-32 lead.

 

  Jordan Thomas capped the run with a layup. Marron did cut the lead to 18, 59-41 by the end of the period via an Emily Schall basket.

 

Jackie Skalski’s basket to open the fourth quarter made the score 59-43.

 

  Black then ran off 20 straight points to put the game out of reach and increased the lead to its biggest margin 79-43 before settling in for the 32-point win.

 

Standings (Thru Wed., June 28)

 

Team W L Pct. GB PF PA

 

Black 4 0 1.000 — 220 180

Sky Blue 4 1 .800 0.5 308 273

Red 4 1 .800 0.5 316 262

Purple 3 1 .750 1 302 229         

Kelly Green 2 2 .500 2 213 212

Pink 2 2 .500 2 208 244

Royal Blue 1 4 .200 3.5 257 281

Sun 0 4 .000 4 136 177

Maroon 0 5 .000 4.5 259 300

 

Players Scoring 20 or More Points

29-Cassie Murphy, Black, W, vs. Royal Blue, June 15

23-Michelle Kozicki, Purple, W, vs. Maroon, June 15

20-Sam Yencha, Black, W, vs. Maroon, June 27

20-Bridie McCann, Red, W, vs. Royal Blue, June 27

20-Taylor Hamm, Pink, W, vs. Sun, June 27

20-Valerie McGriff, Purple, W, vs. Maroon, June 15

22-Haley Meinel, Black, (W-OT) vs. Sky Blue, June 13

20-Cassie Murphy, Black (W-OT), vs. Sky Blue, June 13

20-Ava Morrow, Sky Blue (L-OT), vs. Black, June 13

 

Running Results/Advance Schedule

 

Tuesday, June 27

 

Sky Blue (Holy Family) 70, Purple (West Chester) 63

Black (Jefferson) 83, Maroon (Arcadia) 51

Pink (Draft Team-2) 59, Sun (Draft Team-3) 52

Red (Chestnut Hill) 61, Royal Blue (Cabrini) 47 

Bye: Kelly Green (2-2) 

 

Thursday, June 22

 

Black (Jefferson) 2, Sun (Draft Team-3) 0, forfeit 

Red (Chestnut Hill) 67, Pink (Draft Team-2) 51

Royal Blue (Cabrini) 61, Maroon (Arcadia) 48

Sky Blue (Holy Family) 50, Kelly Green (Draft Team-1) 41

 

Bye: Purple (3-0) 

 

Tuesday, June 20

 

Purple (West Chester) 62, Red (Chestnut Hill) 52

Pink (Draft Team – 2) 49, Royal Blue (Cabrini) 42

Kelly Green (Draft Team -1) 59, Sun (Draft Team – 3) 40

Sky Blue (Holy Family) 63, Maroon (Arcadia) 54

Bye: Black (Jefferson) 

 

Thursday, June 15

 

Black (Jefferson) 64, Royal Blue (Cabrini) 61

Red (Chestnut Hill) 76, Kelly Green (Draft Team-1) 54

Sky Blue (Holy Family) 57, Sun (Draft Team-3) 44

Purple (West Chester) 94, Maroon (Arcadia) 58

Bye: Pink

 

Tuesday, June 13

 

Black (Jefferson) 71, Sky Blue 68 (Holy Family), ovt.

Kelly Green (Draft-1) 59, Royal Blue (Cabrini) 46

Purple (West Chester) 83, Pink (Draft-2) 49

Red (Chestnut Hill) 60, Maroon (Arcadia) 48

 Bye – Sun (Draft-3)

 

Thursday, June 29

 

Early Games (6:30 p.m.)

 

Court 1: Royal Blue (1-4) vs. Purple (3-1)

Court 2: Sun (0-4) vs. Maroon (0-5)

 

Late Games (7:45 p.m.)

 

Court 1: Sky Blue (4-1) vs. Pink (2-2)

Court 2: Black (4-0) vs. Kelly Green (2-2)

 

Bye: Red (4-1)

 

Tuesday, July 4

 

Dark (Holiday Week)

 

Thursday, July 6

 

Dark (Holiday Week)

 

Tuesday, July 11

 

Early Games (6:30 p.m.)

 

Court 1: Pink vs. Kelly Green

Court 2: Sun vs. Red

 

Late Games (7:45 p.m.)

 

Court 1: Purple vs. Black

Court 2: Sky Blue vs. Royal Blue

 

Bye: Maroon

 

Thursday, July 13

 

Early Games (6:30 p.m.)

 

Court 1: Sky Blue vs. Red

Court 2: Black vs. Pink

 

Late Games (7:45 p.m.)

 

Court 1: Sun vs. Purple

Court 2: Kelly Green vs. Maroon

 

Bye: Royal Blue

 

Tuesday, July 18 (Regular Season Ends)

 

Early Games (6:30 p.m.)

 

Court 1: Sun vs. Royal Blue

Court 2: Kelly Green vs Purple

 

Late Games (7:45 p.m.)

 

Court 1: Black vs. Red

Court 2: Maroon vs. Pink

 

Bye: Sky Blue

 

Playoffs

 

Thursday, July 20

 

Play-In Round

 

7 pm.

 

Court 1: 8^th seed vs. 9^th seed (Winner advances)

 

Tuesday, July 25^th

 

Quarterfinals

 

Early Games (6:30 p.m.)

 

Court 1: 1-seed vs 8-9 winner

Court 2: 3-seed vs. 6-seed

 

Late Games (7:45 p.m.)

 

Court 1: 2-seed vs. 7-seed

Court 2: 4-seed vs. 5-seed

 

Thursday, July 27

 

Semifinals

 

Early Game (6:30 p.m.)

 

Court 1: Highest Advancing Seed vs. Lowest Advancing Seed

 

Late Game (7:45 p.m.)

 

Court 2: Other Advancing Seeds Meet

 

Tuesday, August 1

 

Championship (7 p.m.)

 

Court 1: Semifinal Winners Meet

 

Season Seed Tracker 

 

Codes: BK – Black; KG – Kelly Green; MR-Maroon; PK- Pink; PU-Purple; RD-Red; RB-Royal Blue; SB-Sky Blue; SU-Sun; FW – Forfeit Win; FL-Forfeit Loss

 

Black (D2-Jefferson) 4-0: W-SB (OT); W-RB; Bye; FW- SU; vs. W-MR; vs. KG; vs. PU; vs. PK; vs. RD

Sky Blue (D2-Holy Family) 4-1: L-BK (OT); W-SU; W-MR; W-KG; vs. W-PU; vs. PK; vs. RB; vs. RD; Bye

 

Red (D2-Chestnut Hill) 4-1: W-MR; W-KG; L-PU; W-PK; vs. W-RB; Bye; vs. SU; vs. SB; vs. BK

 

Purple (D2-West Chester) 3-1: W-PK; W-MR; W-RD; Bye; vs. L-SB; vs. RB; vs. BK; vs. SU; vs. KG

 

Kelly Green (Draft-1) 2-2: W-RB; L-RD; W-SU; L-SB; Bye; vs. BK; vs. PK; vs. MR; vs. PU

Pink (Draft-2) 2-2: L-PU: Bye, W-RB; L-RD; vs. W-SU; vs SB; vs. KG; vs. BK; vs. MR

 

Royal Blue (D3-Cabrini) 1-4: L-KG; L-BK; L-PK; W-MR; vs. L-RD; vs. PU; vs. SB; vs. SU

 

Sun (Draft-3) 0-4: Bye; L-SB; L-KG; FL-BK; vs. L-PK; vs. MR; vs. RD; vs. PU; vs. RB

 

Maroon (D3-Arcadia) 0-5: L-RD; L-PU; L-SB; L-RB; vs. L-BK; vs. SU; vs. KG; vs. PK